Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fio…

Describe the locale wherein the robber maintained his dwelling and the treasures he kept there.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, robber, treasures · What happens: describe, maintain, keep · To what, where: locale, dwelling

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1039 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fionn is spared by the robber Fiacuil and carried off to his marsh den» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 locale	det
3	locale	locale	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	7 maintained	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 robber	det
6	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maintained	nsubj
7	maintained	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dwelling	nmod:poss
9	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maintained	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kept	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 treasures	det
12	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 kept	nsubj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kept	nsubj
14	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 maintained	conj
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 kept	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the locale			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent locale=Theme
2	maintain	past	the robber	robber's dwelling		wherein property	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme
3	keep	past	the treasures		there		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A marsh with gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 marsh	det
2	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marsh	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A dry hall on a hill, with bronze shields and silver cups lining its walls

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hall	det
2	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hall	amod
3	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hall	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shields	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 shields	case
9	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shields	compound
10	shields	shield	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hall	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cups	cc
12	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cups	compound
13	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 shields	conj
14	lining	line	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 shields	acl
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 walls	nmod:poss
16	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	line	gerund	bronze shields and silver cups not said here	hill's walls					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Destination

Option 3

A cold den

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 den	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 den	amod
3	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A vast cold marsh, with damp winding hiding places

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 marsh	det
2	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 marsh	amod
3	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 marsh	amod
4	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 places	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 places	case
7	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 places	amod
8	winding	winding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hiding	compound
9	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 places	compound
10	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 marsh	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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